,,,,-=;*$§ §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### TRAIN DREAM ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## ######,,,,-=--,,##################### ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# ;;; #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ = §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ = $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# (SITUATION) #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ THEY ARE. §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## = ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### ,,*,, ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## = ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ (SITUATION) §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# = #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## --$-- ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### = ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# (SITUATION) #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### NETWORK... ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, #§$*;=-,,,
,,-=;*$§## WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ##§$*;=-,,
,-=;*$§### LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ###§$*;=-,
,,-=;*$§## PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ##§$*;=-,,
,,,-=;*$§# #§$*;=-,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ §$*;=-,,,,
,,,,,-=;*$ $*;=-,,,,,
,,,,-=;*$§ §$*;=-,,,,
,,,-=;*$§# #§$*;=-,,,